2G Painted Oil Filter Housing

[ileagleracing]

Both the Oil Filter housings I have are leaking, one I cracked, the other is leaking from the rear plug that has the spring.
I picked up a "re-manufactured" OFH on eBay, and I am unsure if I should use it, they painted the entire thing, including the internal surfaces from what I can see.
Is this thing good to use, or do I need to strip off the paint?

 

[curt-s]

what the f*rk?
Ok you need to supply pictures so we can see the potential bafoonery. Only then can we make judgement on what you actually have

 

[19Eclipse90]

x2.

Though I lean pretty heavily to stripping it as the safest bet, I’d still like to see what you received.

 

[ileagleracing]

At first I wasn't sure, but it smells of fresh paint, and the finish is uniform on every surface I can see

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[97egl]

It looks like it was sand blasted to me. I would take a razor blade to the gasket surfaces and see if paint will come off. If it doesn't then it was sand blasted, in that case I would take every bolt/nut out of it to blow it out with air and clean it to make sure there is no blast media stuck in it.

 

[chrysler kid]

It also looks sand blasted to me, but as mentioned hit it with a wire wheel or sand paper first

Never run oil on or through a painted piece. On one of my honda builds I used a new $38 oil pan from ebay, when I pulled the pan again I found the black paint on the pan was all peeling and collecting in the oil pickup

"New" ebay one on top after 1 month of driving, used $50 pan with 200k miles on bottom

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[1990TSIAWDTALON]

Soak that OFH in ChemDip (carburetor cleaner). It will strip ANY paint off then clean it with solvent or BPC and compress air blow dry.

 

[FIBA M - EC17PSE]

scotch brite the mating surfaces. thats about all you need to do for the sealing surfaces. the rest will be ok

 

[curt-s]

It also looks sand blasted to me, but as mentioned hit it with a wire wheel or sand paper first

Never run oil on or through a painted piece. On one of my honda builds I used a new $38 oil pan from ebay, when I pulled the pan again I found the black paint on the pan was all peeling and collecting in the oil pickup

"New" ebay one on top after 1 month of driving, used $50 pan with 200k miles on bottom

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Thanks for the reminder. Picked up an airbrush-style media blaster at the harbor freight in san fran (first one i've ever been to because I'm from the great north) so it will give me a chance to try it out and remove the overspray that made it into the new rockauto sourced pan

 

[jesse12345]

It also looks sand blasted to me, but as mentioned hit it with a wire wheel or sand paper first

Never run oil on or through a painted piece. On one of my honda builds I used a new $38 oil pan from ebay, when I pulled the pan again I found the black paint on the pan was all peeling and collecting in the oil pickup

"New" ebay one on top after 1 month of driving, used $50 pan with 200k miles on bottom

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Same thing happened to me with a transmission pan I purchased on ebay. I've learned my lesson with those cheap ones. Always strip the paint.

 

[ileagleracing]

Using a razor blade, I can get to bare metal.

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[chrysler kid]

Thanks for the reminder. Picked up an airbrush-style media blaster at the harbor freight in san fran (first one i've ever been to because I'm from the great north) so it will give me a chance to try it out and remove the overspray that made it into the new rockauto sourced pan

Im not sure if it helps, that peeled pan i bought on ebay is also sold on rock auto. I will always trust a used pan that i hammered flat; over a china stamped piece thats sold with zero accountability of quality.

I would barely trust dorman to make a quality piece

Find a used pan is my advice. You can see it was rusting, that honda was a daily and that pan sat on the floor for maybe a few days before it rusted

 

[MacMarty15221]

(Chiming in from right field, 'cause I know NOTHING.)

Even if @ileagleracing removes the paint from the gasket surfaces, is there any concern for the paint coming off from the passageways during operation? (Given that this part has surfaces upstream - and - downstream from the filter, by definition.) Gives me the creeps.

 

[chrisman287]

I’d have the thing hot tanked and cleaned thoroughly in and out.

 

[curt-s]

Im not sure if it helps, that peeled pan i bought on ebay is also sold on rock auto. I will always trust a used pan that i hammered flat; over a china stamped piece thats sold with zero accountability of quality.

I would barely trust dorman to make a quality piece

Find a used pan is my advice. You can see it was rusting, that honda was a daily and that pan sat on the floor for maybe a few days before it rusted

Eh, once I remove the paint on the inside, metal is metal.